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Can anyone believe 2021 is less than a month away? I don't know about you but it simultaneously felt like 2020 flew by and also felt like it lasted decades! Happy Holidays to all and enjoy your reading!

January 2020: 31,622 pages
February 2020: 33,625 pages
March 2020: 36,041 pages
April 2020: 33,416 pages
May 2020: 33,270 pages
June 2020: 30,629 pages
July 2020: 35,455 pages
August 2020: 43,998 pages
September 2020: 28,699 pages
October 2020: 30,816 pages

67. Chipeta: Queen of the Utes by Cynthia S. Becker (270 pages)
68. Book of Pride by Mason Funk (288 pages)
69. The Broken Hear of American: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson (528 pages)
70. Elena Vanishing by Elena Dunkle (288 pages)
71. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (369 pages)
72. The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar (368 pages)
73. Dispatches From the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disaster, and Survival by Anderson Cooper (212 pages)
74. Silent Witnesses: A History of Forensic Science by Nigel McCrery (288 pages)

My November Total: 2611 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 2,611 PAGES

My November reads:

Rabbit: The Autobiography of Miss Pat. Patricia Williams 240 pages
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me. Adrienne Brodeur. 256 pages.
I am not your perfect Mexican daughter. Erika Sanchez. 344 pages.
Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11. Garrett M. Graff. 485 pages.
If Beale Street Could Talk. James Baldwin. 197 pages.
Lord of the Wings. Donna Andrews. 320 pages.
Solutions and Other Problems. Allie Brosh. 518 pages.
The Distance Between Us. Reyna Grande. 325 pages
Triptych. #1 will Trent. Karen Slaughter. 393 pages.

My November Total: 3,078 pages

Group November Total: 5,689 pages

Leah wrote: "Can anyone believe 2021 is less than a month away? I don't know about you but it simultaneously felt like 2020 flew by and also felt like it lasted decades! Happy Holidays to all and enjoy your rea..."

No -- I can't believe 2020 is almost over!! I had the exact same experience - both and endless and speedy year.

My November Reads
Dracula by Bram Stoker - 404 pages
Shadow Spell (The Cousins O’Dwyer #2) by Nora Roberts - 307 pages
The Tea Dragon Society (Tea Dragon #1) by Katie O’Neill - 71 pages
The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi - 291 pages
Reckless (Lucy Kincaid #5.5) by Allison Brennan - 95 pages



November total: 1,168

Group Total: 6,857

November


198. Wet (Water's Edge, #1) – Stacy Kestwick (2 stars) 11/2/20 [349]
199. The Scent of Murder (Dr. Dody McClelland, #3) – Felicity Young (5 stars) 11/4/20 [283]
200. A Dark and Painful Mystery (Sergeant Frank Hardy #2.5) – Wendy M. Wilson (4 stars) 11/5/20 [110]
201. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) – L. M. Montgomery (4 stars) 11/6/20 [320]
202. Murder on Monday ( A Lois Meade Mystery, #1) – Ann Purser (3 stars) 11/8/20 [288]
203. A Matter of Honor – Anne Herries (3 stars) 11/9/20 [296]
204. Theft on Thursday (Lois Meade Mystery, #4) – Ann Purser (3 stars) 11/10/20 [288]
205. The Leopard King (Ars Numina, #1) – Ann Aguirre (4 stars) 11/12/20 [271]
206. The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote - Elaine F. Weiss (4 stars) 11/14/20 [416]
207. Whiter Than Snow – Sandra Dallas (4 stars) 11/14/20 [320]
208. The Rise of Renegade X (Renegade X, #1) - Chelsea M. Campbell (4 stars) 11/15/20 [352]
209. Stroke the Flame (Her Elemental Dragons, #1) – Elizabeth Briggs (3 stars) 11/17/20 [266]
210. The Crescent (The Crescent #1) – Jordan Deen (1 stars) 11/17/20 [302]
211. This World We Live In (Last Survivors, #3) – Susan Beth Pfeffer (4 stars) 11/18/20 [239]
212. The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love (The Ladies of Covington, #1) - Joan Medlicott (4 stars) 11/20/20 [368]
213. Patterns in the Sand (Seaside Knitters Society Mystery, #2) – Sally Goldenbaum (3 stars) 11/22/20 [304]
214. Moon Spinners (Seaside Knitters Society Mystery, #3) – Sally Goldenbaum (3 stars) 11/23/20 [336]
215. Christmas at the Lakeside Resort (Lakeside Resort, #1) – Susan Schild (3 stars) 11/24/20 [212]
216. Killer Christmas (An Emma Wild Holiday Mystery, #1) – Harper Lin (1 star) 11/25/20 [129]
217. Before Thanksgiving Comes – Marisa Carroll (3 stars) 11/25/20 [304]
218. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid (5 stars) 11/28/20 [385]
219. Breath of Magic (Lennox Family Magic, #1) – Teresa Medeiros (3 stars) 11/29/20 [400]
220. Touch of Enchantment (Lennox Family Magic, #2) – Teresa Medeiros (4 stars) 11/30/20 [352]

Total Books - 23
Total pages - 6890

Group Total: 13,747

Read in November:

161) Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, 1021 pgs
162) Rabbit at Rest by John Updike, 608 pgs
163) Pax by Sara Pennypacker, 224 pgs
164) By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman, 224 pgs
165) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, 288 pgs
166) The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni, 448 pgs
167) Maurice by E.M. Forster, 256 pgs
168) Things in Jars by Jess Kidd, 369 pgs
169) Adequate Yearly Progress by Roxanna Elden, 400 pgs
170) Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn, 183 pgs
171) Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith, 944 pgs

Total = 4,965 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 18,712 PAGES

Didn't get much done in November but here it is.

1. Prose and Cons--Amanda Flower--323 pages
2. House of Secrets--Denise Noel--189 pages
3. Two Man Advantage--Samantha Wayland--215 pages
4. The Greatest Beer Run Ever--John "Chick" Donohue and J. T. Molloy--248 pages
5. A Very Good Hater--Mary Challis--220
6. When Breath Becomes Air--Paul Kalanithi--228 pages
7. No Friend of Mine--Lilian Peake--191 pages
8. Living With Adam--Anne Mather--191 pages

Nov. 1805 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 20,517

NOVEMBER

362. A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett 40 pgs
363. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor 416 pgs
364. The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict 304 pgs
365. The Binding by Bridget Collins 439 pgs
366. The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds 340 pgs
367. Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian 370 pgs
368. The Forgotten Room by Karen White 371 pgs
369. A Child Called It by David Pelzer 184 pgs
370. Starcrossed by Julia Denos 64 pgs
371. I Am the Storm by Jane Yolen 32 pgs
372. Reverie by Ryan LaSala 420 pgs
373. Julian at the Wedding by Jessica Love 40 pgs
374. Mobituaries by Mo Rocca 384 pgs
375. Sendero by Max Tomlinson 371 pgs
376. Christmas Sweets by Joanne Fluke 310 pgs
377. The Star and the Shamrock by Jean Grainger 287 pgs
378. State of the Art Heist by Maisie Dean 203 pgs
379. The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin 306 pgs
380. The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood 464 pgs
381. B is for Burgler by Sue Grafton 320 pgs
382. Dan Martensen: Wolves Like Us by Crystal Moselle 184 pgs.
383. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury 186 pgs
384. The Last Prayer by Lyndon Perry 35 pgs
385. The Disneyland Quest by Matt Ainsworth 197 pgs
386. House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon 320 pgs
387. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter 128 pgs
388. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 370 pgs
389. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 528 pgs
390. Watchers by Dean Koontz 500 pgs
391. The Twenty-Three by Linwood Barclay 451 pgs.

Pages Read for the Month: 8564
GROUP TOTAL: 29,081

YEAR GOAL: 120 books/20 nE, 32,000 pages

JANUARY: 10 books/2 nE, 2,642 pages, avg. 264 pages
FEBRUARY: 10 books/2 nE, 2,180 pages, avg. 218 pages
MARCH: 9 books/1 nE, 1,826 pages, avg. 203 pages
APRIL: 11 books/2 nE, 3,519 pages, avg. 320 pages
MAY: 10 books/2 nE, 3,552 pages, avg. 355 pages
JUNE: 6 books/1 nE, 2,354 pages, avg. 392 pages
JULY: 10 books/2 nE, 3,434 pages, avg. 343 pages
AUGUST: 14 books, 3,168 pages, avg. 226 pages
SEPTEMBER: 8 books, 2,159 pages, avg. 270 pages
OCTOBER: 11 books/2 nE, 2,796 pages, avg. 254 pages
NOVEMBER: 11 books/2 nE, 2,983 pages, avg. 271 pages
TOTAL: 110 books/16 nE, 30,603 pages, avg. 278 pages

NOVEMBER BOOKS:

100. Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies [2010. tr. 2018] 243 pages
101. Tariq Ali, Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope [2006] 244 pages
102. Gustave Reese, Music in the Renaissance [rev ed 1959] 1022 pages
103. Alexander Pushkin, The Little Tragedies [1830, tr 2010] 118 pages [Kindle]
104. Ismail Kadare, Elegy for Kosovo [1998, tr. 2000] 125 pages [Kindle, Open Library]
105. Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance [1999] 243 pages
106. Edward Everett Bostetter, ed., Twentieth Century Interpretations of Don Juan: A Collection of Critical Essays [1969] 119 pages [Kindle; Open Library]
107. Honoré de Balzac, Le lys dans la vallée [1836] 314 pages [in French]
108. José Zorilla, Don Juan Tenorio [1844] 201 pages [in Spanish]
109. Ismail Kadare, A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda B. [2009, tr. 2016] 185 pages
110. Emile Habiby, The Secret Life of Saeed the pessoptimist [1974, tr. 1985] 169 pages



GROUP TOTAL: 32,064 pages